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i' GEORGE F. WILLEY, 0F LAGONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Letters Patent No. 76,283, dated llfarcz. 31, 1868.

' IMPROVEMENT IN PLOUGH-GARRIAGE.

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To'ALL wnoM 1T MAY coNoERN Be it known that I, GEORGE F. WILLEY, ofLaconia, in the county of Belknargand State of New Hampshire,'haveinvented a new and useful VCarriage for Holding a Plough; andI do herebydeclare that the-following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making'a part of this specification, in whichdrawingsi Figure 1 is a sectional view.

Figure 2 is a. view of truck.

Figure 3 is a view of framescp c and coupling o.

Figure 4 is a perspective view. I

Io enable others skilled in the art to make'and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and mode of operation. i

I construct first the carriage-body or, frame, marked A-A A in tig. 4,with the cross-pieces a, a a, I), b b. I then mount the carriageon'three wheels or trucks, made of iron, as seen in lig. 2, and markedB, C, I),n iig. 4, theshaft of the forward tru-ck B passing up throughthe' centre of the cross-piecesv b In and 71, with the cross -piece b bresting on the shoulder of the truck B. 0n the tcp ofthe shaft of thetruck I3, I attach the lever L, which isI held in its place by thewasher d. I then attach the right-hand end of the lever Las seen in fig.4,

to a hook on the end of the iron rod e, which rod is 'fastened to thebottomof the carriage A A A.

The shafts of theA two hind trucks C D pass up through" the cross-piecesa, a a, as seen in fig. 1, with the lower bar or eross-piecc a'l restingou the shoulders Aof the trucks C D, 'and the tops of the shafts arekept in place oy a washer constructed on the end of the lever m, and thewasher y and the pins n -n'on top of the cross-piece a a. l

On the side of the carriage AA A, I attach the upright bar h, with aslot in the ,top of the same., as seenr in lig. 4, and in the slot I putthe wooden lever M, andat the outer endof the lever I attach the chainz', and the other end of the chain I fastenA to the beam lof the ploughP, as' seen in fig. 4. Inside -of the carriage I attach the iron hook`g, and on the'outsidc of the carriage I attach the iron hook f, as seenin iig. 4. In the back end of 'the carriage-body I attach the seat S,and which isheld in its place by the upright iron rods l Z l.

Inow fasten the cross-piece b b to the frontend bottom part of thecarriage, and' attach the pole. marked p iu iig. 4 to said crossfpieceby means of the metallic coupling, as seen in fig. 3, andmarked o iniig.' 4. To the end of the carriage A A A, and to the end of theVcrossbar of the-pole p, I attach the chain 1', as secu in g. 4'. I thentake any-common plough, marked P in iig. 4, and attach to the beam ofthe plough the bottom of the metallic bar j, by means of abolt, .andthen connect the top of the bar l7'vto thc plough by means of themetallic rods K K. I now fasten to the bottom of' the carriage A A A themetallic braces u u and o o, as seen 1n g. 1. I then connect one end ofthe metallic rods s, s s and w, w w, by means of screws ont on the end.of the same, and nuts, as sc cu in fig. 1,to` the braces uu andlvv.VTheo'ther end-'of the' rods s, s s and w,fw w, lI connect'in the sameway to the metallic barj, and thus connect the plough 4to the carriage.Theend of thel plough-bcamaIconnect to the carriage by an iron bolt,which is' fastened to" the under side of-the erosspiece of ,b bb, and ismarked a: in iig. 4. This bolt passes through the framework ec c, and apin is put through the outer endof the bolt, and thus the end of thebeam is firmly fastened to the carriage. The iron bolt is also Seeniuiig, 3.

VThe operation of my machine is as follows: The ends of the levers L andM being placed under the hooks f and g, the plough is. lifted up andheld from the ground. The horses now being attached tofthe pole p, andthe dvcr on the seat,v the carriage is driven on to the land to beploughed, unhooking the levers L and M from 4 the hooksfand y,and'stnrtirig the-horses or oxen. The ploughshare at once' enters theground,- and continues to turn a furrow tillthc plough is raised by thelevers L and M.

The depth of the furrow' is regulated by elevating ordepressing thetruck t, by means of the frame of brass or iron c c c, it being heldfirmlyin place vby the clamp d, as seen in iig. .4. Y'

The width of the furrow is regulated by throwing thetruck C in orout, bymeansof the small leven m, as seen, in fig. 1, 'the pjnpp passing downthrough the end of the Vlever into the crossfpiece a a, and holding itin place.

The chain o' keeps the cross-bar ofthe plep parallel with the front endof the carriage, and equal draught is thus secured on both the ploughand carriage;

Whenever it becomes necessary to plough a head-land, the horses attachedto the carriage are turned short to the left, and the nos'evoi' theplough acts es a. pivot for the carriage, and the plough is thusbroughtat right angles to the furrow last plougherl, and the necessity0F toking ont the plough is thus avoided'.

I .The wheels or trucks are so attached to the carriage as to allow thecarriage lobe st nrted, backed, or moved into any position. at' the willof the driver, he having perfect control of the carriage :tml plough :1she sits in his sent.

By the use of my plough the labor of one person is dispensed with, andthe tiresome process of walking while plougliing is obviated, and theprocess of' ploughin'g otherwise much facilitated.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to obtain by Letters Fatcnt,isl- The construction of the carriage AA A, with the plouhfl3 andattnchments, combined und adjusted as shown in the drawings.

GEORGE F. WILLEY.

CHARLES LANE, GEORGE B. LANE.

